Hiring team/group description:

Our engineering team is part of the Corporate Architecture department and develops and supports the Linux and Virtualization products for Oracle. In particular the team we are recruiting for is responsible for the Linux Toolchain and Tracing.

Position title:
Toolchain Engineer (glibc, gcc, gdb, binutils) in Linux Environment

Position description:

We are looking for a highly motivated individual contributor who feels
passionate about coding and delivering the best product possible.

As part of daily activities, the position involves improving the performance and
stability of the GNU toolchain on Linux. This entails working in part with the GNU tools open
source communities, such as gcc, gdb, binutils, glibc, go, etc.
Peer review (internal and external) of patches will be standard practice.

Our team is very geographically distributed, therefore the position involves a majority of long
distance and electronic communication (zoom, slack, IRC, email).
The candidate needs to have a proven ability to work as a team player who can both
participate in complex projects with a group of peers and team members.

The position will also require participation in the testing process through test
review, analysis, and development. In addition the engineer will be required to
interact with documentation, QA and support teams.

Needs to have good written and verbal English communication skills including occasionally
presenting and demonstrating to technical audiences.

Needs to be a self-starter, able to deliver projects on
time and to high standards with minimal supervision and coaching.

Required Experience and Skills:

5+ years in Linux/Unix environment.

Strong experience with the GNU toolchain.

Good working knowledge of Linux operating system concepts required.

Development of GNU tools (gcc, gdb, glibc, binutils, etc).

Good knowledge of debugging formats (dwarf), file formats (ELF), C, Scripting Languages.

Unix and Linux development environment experience strictly required.

Experience with the Open Source communities and processes.

Good working knowledge of assembly languages and processor architectures (X86,arm).

Familiarity with source code control systems (Subversion and GIT).

Ability to maintain and update your workstation/laptop. 

Ability to work in virtualized environments. 

Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will take an active role in the definition and evolution of standard practices and procedures. You will be responsible for defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, designing and debugging of software applications or operating systems.

Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. 7 years of software engineering or related experience.

As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment screening process. This will involve identity and employment verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).